Comments by "HomerOJSimpson" (@Homer-OJ-Simpson) on "OBF" channel.

  1. The flat Plaines in western Russia mentioned at the beginning that made invading Russia possible also works in reverse — and more often it was russsia invading others.
    553
  2. The vacant home issue that is the result of speculators is not as big of a problem in much of the US. Property taxes discourage leaving a house vacant as you have to pay taxes on the property so if you don’t live in it or don’t rent it out, you paying a lot of taxes with no earnings to offset.
    262
  3. I think the argument “Norway is incredibly well designed” should have finished with “for a country with such terrible geography”.
    179
  4.  @harukrentz435  Europe is struggling because they set a high bar. Compared to the rest of the world, they are doing great.
    101
  5. Mexico has had a century to curtail development and population growth in Mexico City and move it elsewhere but they kept allowing Mexico City to grow. During the past 100 years they could have created a new capital or incentivized the population to grow elsewhere.
    94
  6. A famous former US general has already suggested what the plan would be if Russia were to use a nuclear bomb on Ukraine. It basically would be that NATO would use a conventional weapons to destroy every single Russian soldier in or near Ukraine. The US already has an idea where most of the Russian soldiers are located and would be easy targets for the far superior weapons that the US has.
    88
  7.  @hilaryhongkong  I don’t think you understand the problem — it’s that 30 million people in live a small area that is how Mexico City metro. If you moved 10 million from Mexico City and spread them to Puebla and another city, you would eliminate most of the problems. It’s the concentration in a small area that is the problem
    88
  8. The new capital city looks very expensive and Myanmar is one of the poorest countries in 2005. How did they afford this? Im guessing some other country (China?) helped pay for it
    61
  9. This is not only OBF but most YouTubers. I think it gets more views. Americans watch them often because they think their country is doing badly and non Americans watch it because they want to feel superior. Picking on the “top dog” is always popular. I use top dog in quotes because it’s perceived to be the top dog even if arguably it is not.
    46
  10.  @noway8563  I agree. I dislike the framing of "Russia has been invaded 5 times from it's west" without pointing out Russia does far more invading of it's neighbors to it's west...and south.
    43
  11.  @TakehisaYuji  First of all, most invasions happened before USSR. That's how Russia got so big. Second of all, USSR was run by Russia. Even Putin says USSR history belongs to Russia.
    35
  12. Are you saying Europe should just let Africa stay poor?
    33
  13. So many issues with this vid, take it down. 1. Why does this leave out that that they aren’t trying to reduce spending but rather they are looking to offset the decrease spending with decrease taxes, especially for the rich? 2 why does it just take elons words as facts? 3 the poor family of four don’t RECEIVE $134k in benefits. Not even close. I’m guessing it’s the total costs to government which includes the departments costs such as govt workers salaries, overheads etc 4. The cost savings potential described here are highly misleading and unreasonable. It’s almost as if the script was written by Elon
    31
  14.  @Jay-qb9gi  Well, the US rebuilt some of what was destroyed but much of the new infrastructure was from Japan on their own in the 60's and after.
    29
  15. Mexico has had a century to curtail development and population growth in Mexico City and move it elsewhere but they kept allowing Mexico City to grow.
    29
  16.  @aiprangon  how will it backfire for UK or US? What OP said might only backfire on the Chinese dissident. But maybe you’re arguing something im not aware of? Based on your comments u have posted, appears u defend the CCP. And like typical Beijing worker, you bring up the US having police in other countries while ignoring those police have approval, are open, and are often invited as training programs. Nice try.
    28
  17.  @Lena-vw6ye  Russia refuses to back out of the fight they started? And it’s somehow not Russia (Putin) fault? And you blame the sanctions which were AFTER the invasion?
    28
  18. 2:56 “brief break from military government”. Sort of. Military still controlled the government but they let others manage it. Kind of how Iran works but instead of military it’s the supreme leader.
    27
  19. Correct. It's not about just checking China's influence in Africa but Russia.
    26
  20.  @EnjoyFirefighting  yeah, I actually meant to mention that as part of the geography— that’s it’s 5 million spread over a large country with terrible terrain.
    26
  21. Yeah, that whole section was terrible. French are known for striking for the smallest thing so for him to argue that they are wildly underpaid and his evidence is the strikes is a terrible argument. In addition, the did another strike after the pay hike! It’s just the French way — strike as much as you can.
    26
  22. What do you mean 'in conjunction with African leaders'. How is that different than what China is doing?
    25
  23. No you aren’t. You’re seeing someone that is waiting until their military is powerful enough to do what they want and drop neutrality. And if Modi and the authoritarian rule he has is a sign of things to come, a more powerful india will possibly raise Concerns
    24
  24.  @brendon1689  the topic is literally about Europes concern about Chinas influence in Africa. If you don’t think China can be a bad influence, then explain the gen-ide in Xinjian?
    24
  25.  @BocaoZ  What do you mean 'an important step that European leaders may have skipped'. How is that different than what China is doing?
    22
  26.  @leothelion634  yes but the difference is in the US the middle class and rich go the suburbs and easily afford cars. In South Africa, the poor in the suburbs generally cant afford cars
    22
  27.  @rickc.9664  and Rio in Brazil saw a sharp decline in growth. It didn’t shrink but it’s population growth was halved
    21
  28.  @KirkFickert  Russia using nukes would mean the end of Russia. Those around Putin know that attacking NATO with nukes would mean Russia would be hit by nukes. also, you realize how silly it is to say “ if he use nukes on a non-nuclear power, what makes you think he won’t use it on a nuclear power?“. That’s because you strike a nuclear power with nukes your own country will get nuclear bombs in return. Not rocket science so weird for you to make the jump from “using nukes on non nuclear nation means they will use on a nuclear nation.”
    19
  29.  @aiprangon  like typical Beijing worker, u bring up the US having police in other countries while ignoring those police have approval, are open, and are often invited as training programs. Nice try.
    19
  30. Most fast growing economies that have reached middle income seem to have this issue. Look at Dominican Republic nearby and it’s the same. Although Chile has similar GDP PER CAPITA, I don’t see as much poverty there as compared to Panama.
    18
  31.  @binskee677  China has free speech in their constitution. Japan has clauses in their constitution about how their military is for defense purpose only yet they have suggested they will help Taiwan. In fact, that's probably how it will go -- India (assuming they keep going down that path) will justify some military action as defense just like Japan is doing in regards to their support for Taiwan. >I bet there are some loopholes For sure, I just used a great example.
    17
  32. The key is or be vague but not that vague. Give them a hint of what the consequences would be and it appears the US has already done that. A famous former US general has already suggested what the plan would be if Russia were to use a nuclear bomb on Ukraine . It basically would be that NATO would use a conventional weapons to destroy every single Russian soldier in or near Ukraine. The US already has an idea where most of the Russian soldiers are located and would be easy targets for the far superior weapons that the US has. Supposedly such Information would already be suggested to Russia.
    17
  33.  @Lena-vw6ye  you say no way the US would never attack Russia if it used nukes on Ukraine. So do you think Russia would use nukes on Ukraine knowing the US has already signaled they would retaliate with force enough to make most Russian troops in Ukraine disappear? You say the US wouldn’t intervene because no precedence — but no one has used nukes in a world with more than one nuclear armed nation so by your logic, you believe Russia is all bluff on using the nuke?
    17
  34.  @Jay-qb9gi  1960’s high speed rail was paid by japan itself. The rebuilding was done in the 50’s and wasn’t even enough aid to equal the cost of japans first high speed rail a decade later. - Total U.S. assistance to Japan for the years of the occupation, from 1946-1952 was roughly $2.2 billion ($15.2 billion in 2005 dollars), of which almost $1.7 billion was grants and $504 million was loans.
    15
  35.  @Lena-vw6ye  “only keyboard warriors would think a conventional means would end Russia”. Ukraine who didn’t really have an army a decade ago and with no navy no air force and weak drones and limited ground weapons has beaten back Russia. Defeating the rest of Russian army in Ukraine and Black Sea would be super easy for NATO.
    15
  36.  @Lena-vw6ye  Well, yes, but to not call their bluff would mean the end of Ukraine. And the US / NATO will respond to russias use of nukes with an all out aerial bombardment and missile strike. They would wipe out 50k-80k Russian soldiers in ukraine and in Black Sea in a short time.
    15
  37. Rent control is the worst solution to any housing issue. Building more units and incentivizing people to live away from the hot spots. The solutions are easy in theory but the difficulty is the politics around it. Government can try to increase more new units to be built but some residents who own homes might try to stop it (NIMBY) because they already bought in and don't want changes, especially if the change will reduce prices of housing units. Incentivizing people to live in other parts of the country or even other parts of the metro get tricky -- there will arguments of WHERE they should try to get people to move, HOW much money to spend and HOW they will do that.
    15
  38.  @Jay-qb9gi  lots of countries had help after ww2 but japan exceeded the growth of most or all others for decades. Y spread false info on japan?
    14
  39.  @carlosalba9690  you don’t even need to convince people to leave — just stop the growth and over time it shrinks. Creating a new capital would indeed move many people away from Mexico City — the government workers and supporting staff.
    14
  40.  @pottertheavenger1363  little time to prepare? They had 50 years to do something and it’s been 50 years but no plan to reduce the population. Brasília for Brazil didn’t take 50 years to start planning let alone to go from planning to actual start of the new capital city
    14
  41.  @Lena-vw6ye  why do you keep using the same lame tactics? You keep saying “Germany doesn’t have F35 until 2026” when NATO countries like the US already have hundreds of F35 which would be used. You won’t respond to this because it’s obvious Lena is Ivan from Russia.
    13
  42. 8:15: even if 75% of the homes are going to be expensive luxury style, that still helps the housing market. Those 20,000 people who would be buying/renting the expensive housing would mean 20k fewer people buying/renting in what is now the city. That would drive down the costs of housing even for the middle class. Those luxury renters were competing with middle class for limited housing and giving up prices but now they will have 20k new homes to bid for and they will less likely bid for the cheaper homes the middle class is renting / buying
    13
  43.  @brendon1689  liang? How come China is committing gén-ide in Xinjian?
    13
  44.  @Suryavanshi1008  Some of the reasons they scored India low was: - While India is a multiparty democracy, the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has presided over discriminatory policies and a rise in persecution affecting the Muslim population. The constitution guarantees civil liberties including freedom of expression and freedom of religion, but harassment of journalists, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and other government critics has increased significantly under Modi. The BJP has increasingly used government institutions to target political opponents. Muslims, scheduled castes (Dalits), and scheduled tribes (Adivasis) remain economically and socially marginalized.
    12
  45.  @miciboo9993  Ukraine ain’t NATO which is why they won’t strike Russia with nukes. Why are you bringing up other wars — what do they have to do with nuclear strikes??
    12
  46.  @Lena-vw6ye  “NATO is not ready, Germany only recently started the modernization of its military”. You forget that US is part of NATO and they would use US weapons?
    12
  47.  @DilbeardAlbeard  do you live in Sweden? If no, why provide your input?
    12
  48.  @hermaeusmora2945  ​ do you live in Sweden? If no, why provide your input?
    12
  49. Sounds a lot like Iceland is lucky everyone is nice to it. They get helped frequently by the US and Europe both financially and military. And the UK could have won the cod wars but didn’t want to be seen as bullying a tiny nation.
    12
  50.  @jinvonastrea1141  scramble for Africa started by China this time
    11